Toward the understanding of complex population dynamics: Planktonic community as a model system

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 511-518

  Yoshida, Takehito ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex interaction; Ecological stoichiometry; Laboratory microcosm; Rapid evolution; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES;

EID: 33746460259     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0074-5     Document Type: Review

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